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If i'm the president, that was one of the high points of my administration last year, i don't want to defend a shutdown at the "state of the union" address. >> i don't know if he minds that, does he? he seems to be enjoying this fight. >> i think he would actually relish that. >> i wonder if this isn't all about donald trump seeing a possible fight for impeachment coming up. if he has a hard core 35, 36% of supporters, he wants to keep them through 2019. he knows in 2019, mueller is coming after him and the democrats in the house of representatives are coming after him. maybe, mike barnicle, h...

Want to hear from him, but look there is a lot of wiggle room in everything he says because he says he will abide by the regulations. of course, the regulations leave a lot of interpretation to whoever is in that job. >> let's play some of that wiggle room. there are a couple of points. this is sound byte one when chairman graham asked as well as dianne feinstein asked about what circumstances will he make the mueller report public. >> when his report comes to you, will you share it with us as much as possible in. >> consistent with the regulations and the law, yes. >> will you commit to makin...

I'd want to see what the report says. >> sure. and then i appreciate follow-up when you have a chance to read it. thank you. my time's up. >> sure. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. barr, thank you for being here. >> so you've been listening to this back and forth conversation, testimony, tough questions posed to this man here, william barr. he is the president's pick to be the next attorney general of the united states and so i've got a group of wonderful people with me here in washington, d.c. and so i just want to go back to really one of the headlines that we discussed and in case you've been g...

Complete his investigation? >> yes. >> will you commit to insuring that special counsel mueller is not terminated without good cause consistent with department regulations? >> absolutely. >> if special counsel mueller makes any request for instance about the scope of his investigation or resources for his investigation, will you commit to notifying congress if you deny that request? >> i think the regulations require notification of congress if there is a disagreement. >> thank you. and i have two questions from the chairman of the house judiciary committee. will you commit to making any repor...

Is so limited. you argue that, and i quote, the constitutions's grant of those powers to the president also extends to the unitary character of the executive branch itself. specific pall specifically, you argue, while mueller's immediate target is the president's exercise of his discretionary powers, his obstruction theory reaches all exercises of prosecutorial discretion by the president's sub bore den nats from the attorney general down to the most junior line prosecutor, end quote. so if the president orders the attorney general to halt a criminal investigation for personal reasons, would t...